DukeEngage Durham^2
Ezgi Ustundag, Class of 2016 My summer with DukeEngage Durham: The Sister Cities Program feels less like selfless service and more like an opportunity for personal growth. Let me explain, I promise it’s not...
Tagged: activism
Nourhan Elsayed — ‘Topless Jihad’: Fighting Oppression with Oppression?
by NOURHAN ELSAYED for ISLAMiCommentary on JUNE 12, 2013: I did a double-take when I saw the words “Topless Jihad” in a news headline earlier this Spring. My first thought was “editorial mistake?” The...
Graduating University Scholars Meet with Melinda Gates
On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Melinda Gates met with the University Scholars and with DukeEngage students Durham, NC – Melinda Gates called on Duke graduates Sunday to “change the way you think about...
Interview with Graduate University Scholar Chris Paul (Environmental Policy)
Undergraduate Uni, Linda Cao, Trinity ’14, interviewed graduate Uni Chris Paul, to find out what he was working on during his time between graduating from Duke as a Robertson Scholar in 2006 and what...
Keynote Speaker Nominees for 2010 USP “Legacies” Symposium
Below are the list of possible keynote speakers nominated by University Scholars for the USP’s 2010 spring symposium on “Legacies.” Take some time to review the nominees, make comments, or suggest others. The grad...
Home – a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“We 6 billion human beings are not the only inhabitants of this planet. We share it with billions and billions of animals, plants, and single-cell organisms. And it is not merely a case of...
Zeitgeist – An “Inconvenient Perspective”
After Denver’s introduction to the film “Zeitgeist”, I finally decided to watch the production in its entirety (mainly due to the liberty provided by the THREE DAY WEEKEND). Here is the film: [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197] Thought-provoking....
